In this section, learn about forecasting and evaluating thunderstorms, tropical waves, planning for and anticipating hazardous weather, using hodographs, squall lines and bow echoes, principles of convection, and the all-important mastery of atmospheric sounding via through Skew-T Mastery. This section also includes ready-made lecture materials on mesoscale convective systems, supercells, and a convective weather refresher.

Want to know more about the mechanics of summer thunderstorms and their forecasting? Take the comprehensive Summer Severe Weather Distance Learning Course – a self-paced 15 – 20 hour course in principles of convection, severe convection, squall lines, bow echoes, and forecasting using hodographs. The course features a registration and assessment system that will automatically track your progress and award you a certificate on completion.

COMET Outreach Projects

Purdue University and the NWS Forecast Office in Syracuse, IN have teamed on a project to expand on a real-time system that predicts specific characteristics of high-impact convective precipitation systems. The goal was to eventually provide guidance regarding high-impact weather events that can be quickly obtained in a manner consistent with the conceptual approach that many forecasters use in their day-to-day forecast process. For more details, check out the final report.

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About Our Training Resources

Our training consists of lessons and courses. A lesson is targeted toward one focused subject, whereas a course is a collection of lessons that pertain to a broader subject area. You can receive certificates of completion for both lessons and courses. Courses are entirely self-paced and available for open enrollment. We also list a select set of resources that are not hosted on MetEd that are of high quailty and of interest to our community.

Virtual Classroom

The COMET® Program's virtual classroom provides access to material in support of our residence and virtual courses. These courses are generally available by invitation only and are hosted at our UCAR facility in beautiful Boulder, Colorado.